CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Awards And Prizes Of India And World Quiz 9 - MCQExams.com

Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. National Film Award was started in $$1953$$.
$$2$$. The first award was given to a Marathi film 'Shyamchi Aai' directed by PK Atre.
Which of the statements is/are true?
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • None of these
  • All of these
Aegis Graham Bell Awards is intended to promote innovation in the field of ___________.
$$1$$. Telecom
$$2$$. Internet
$$3$$. Media
$$4$$. Education
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • Only $$1$$
  • $$2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • All of these
National Urban Water Awards is instituted by Ministry of Urban Development for excellence in ___________.
$$1$$. Services to the Poor
$$2$$. Citizen Services and Governance
$$3$$. Urban Sanitation
$$4$$. Communication Strategy and Awareness Generation
  • $$1, 2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • $$1$$ and $$3$$
  • $$2$$ and $$4$$
  • Only $$3$$
'World Cancer Day' is observed every year on __________.
  • February 19th
  • February 4th
  • February 12th
  • January 17th
Which one of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
$$1$$. Orange PrizeOnly for Indians
$$2$$. Pulitzer PrizeJournalist of any Origin
$$3$$. Nobel PrizeMathematics
  • Only $$1$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • None of these
June 20 is observed as ____________.
  • World Day for War Orphans 
  • World Refugee Day 
  • World No Tobacco Day 
  • International Human Solidarity 
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Government services
$$2$$. Public service
$$3$$. Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
$$4$$. Emergent Leadership
Choose the correct fields in which Ramon Magsaysay Award is given.
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • All of these
Consider the following statements about Pushkin Prize.
$$1$$. This award is given by Russian Federation to any citizen other than Russian for overall contribution in popularisation of Russian culture, language and literature.
$$2$$. This award was established in $$1881$$ to honour one of the greatest Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar is given by _____________.
  • Ministry of Culture
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Cabinet Secretariat
Consider the following: 
Martyr's Day is celebrated on $$30$$th January.
Martyrdom Day celebrated on $$23$$rd  March.
Which of the above statements is right?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • 1 and 2
  • None of these
Which one of the following agencies administered the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding?
  • Indian Council of Historical Society
  • Indian Council for Cultural Relations
  • Indian Council of the Scientific and Cultural Relations
  • None of the above
Who won the Jnanpith Award for $$2011$$?
  • Sitakant Mahapatra
  • Sachidananda Routray
  • Pratibha Ray
  • Gopinath Monanty
Which of the following literary award is only for Rajasthani writers?
  • Bhasha Puraskar
  • Bihari Puraskar
  • Vachaspati Award
  • Vyas Samman
Ramnath Goenka Award is conferred in which field?
  • Literature
  • Scientific research
  • Cinematic excellence
  • Journalism
The Oscar Award was won $$36$$ times by __________.
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Walt Disney
  • Kurosawa
Orange Prize is given in the field of ____________.
  • Literature (Fiction)
  • Sports
  • Medicine
  • Acting
Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of ___________.
  • Streptomycin
  • Penicillin
  • Neomycin
  • Chloromycetin
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Jnanpith Award is given to any of Indian citizens who writes in the Eighth scheduled languages of India.
$$2$$. Jnanpith Award was awarded for the first time in $$1965$$.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
Which one of the following publishers founded the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust to give the Jnanpith award to Indian writers?
  • The Times of India Group
  • The Hindustan Times Group
  • The Hindu Group
  • The Indian Express Group
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Bharat Ratna is not awarded to the dead persons like the Nobel Prize.
$$2$$. Mahatma Gandhi received the Bharat Ratna Award more than once in the Indian history.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
'World Meteorological Day' (celebrated on 23rd March) is recognised by _________.
  • UN
  • WHO
  • Both  'A' and 'B'
  • None of above
UNESCO celebrates 'World Radio Day' on _________.
  • February 19th
  • February 13th
  • February 8th
  • February 25th
Who among the following Nobel Laureates has recently announced to put his Nobel medal under auction?
  • Kailash Satyarthi
  • JD Watson
  • Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Jody Williams
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
$$1$$. Professor Komal Bawa was conferred with the MIDORI Prize $$(2014)$$ for biodiversity for his research on climate change in the Himalayas.
$$2$$. MIDORI Prize is an annual international prize given to an individual for outstanding contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity at global, regional or local level.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
'World Leprosy Eradication Day' is observed on ___________.
  • last Sunday of January 
  • last Monday of January 
  • second Saturday of March 
  • first Sunday of April 
When is 'World Environment Day' recognised by the UN observed?
  • December 11th
  • December 20th
  • September 15th
  • June 5th
Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, disarmament and development for $$2014$$ was given to which one of the following?
  • Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
  • Indian Institute of Science
  • Indian Space Research Organisation
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction in the year $$2013$$ had been announced for the book _____________.
  • 'The Orphan Master's Son' authored by Adom Johnson
  • 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank' authored by Nathan Englander
  • 'The Snow Child' authored by Eowyn Ivey
  • None of the above
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  • World Thrift Day : October 31
  • Death Anniversary of Indira Gandhi : October 31
  • Universal Children's Day : November 22
  • National Education Day in India : November 11
'Commonwealth Day' the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations is held every year on _____________.
  • March 12th
  • Second Sunday of March
  • Second Monday of March
  • March 1st
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